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Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2018)

James Lawless: I will speak briefly to the amendments and the Bill as a whole. Fianna Fáil continues to support the Bill. It is a sensible and much-needed Bill that makes a lot of sense. A risk-based approach and the mitigation of threats are essential to the Bill. The amendments appear quite sensible and to concern the risk mitigation of the radon threat. They appear to strengthen and enhance our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

James Lawless: I also thank the delegates. I missed the statement made by Insurance Ireland because I was attending another committee meeting, but I have read it and have a number of questions. I wish to discuss some of the cost figures presented. A variety of legal costs seem to be to the fore in the headline figures on the first page. One of the claims made is that there has been a 48% increase in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

James Lawless: I thank Mr. Thompson. I have questions about motor insurance. The opening statement outlines the situation for returning immigrants. I have raised this issue with the Minister. It seems very unfair that someone who has driven abroad with a full clean licence for a period of time, be it elsewhere in the European Union or elsewhere, is back to square one when he or she returns home. I have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Charges: Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (8 May 2018)

James Lawless: I have a number of questions for Mr. Conway and Mr. O'Donoghue. I thank them both for attending. I note in the opening statement the Department mentioned the change in China's policy in terms of not accepting recycling to the same extent it had previously, and the knock-on effect to costs for consumers and for the waste sector. On a related note, since that development I understand there...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (8 May 2018)

James Lawless: 471. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding for the proposed ring road is dependent on a particular route being selected as part of the Part 8 process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19743/18]

Famine Memorial Day Bill 2016: Second Stage (3 May 2018)

James Lawless: Exit Deputy James Browne, enter Deputy James Lawless. I welcome this Bill. Fianna Fáil will support it. It is important and fitting that we would have such a day of remembrance and recognition for the national shadow which, as Deputy Tóibín eloquently articulated, is cast by the Famine some 150 years later, which continues to shape our demographics, our patterns, our...

Famine Memorial Day Bill 2016: Second Stage (3 May 2018)

James Lawless: I will start into Deputy Murphy's time and finish within two minutes. I spent some time in Connemara and I always think about these things. We tend to think of Connemara, the west and Munster as being the most ravished areas, but the east coast suffered too. One phenomenon I came across in Connemara was that of the hungry grass. The hungry grass was a concept written about by the poet...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 May 2018)

James Lawless: I agree with the Minister's comments. I worked in the insurance industry and the health insurance industry, in particular, and, therefore, I am familiar with the motivation behind the section. Deputy Daly will be glad to know that the advertisements that the VHI or other health insurers run and any tests they may perform as regards a predisposition to various conditions and diseases under...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Welfare Service Provision (1 May 2018)

James Lawless: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the educational services that can be made available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18583/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 May 2018)

James Lawless: 225. To ask the Minister for Health if surgery required for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; the waiting time for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18620/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (1 May 2018)

James Lawless: 241. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18703/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Paediatric Services (1 May 2018)

James Lawless: 247. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the services available for children with spina bifida who are required to attend for medical services in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; the timeframe for the improvement and provision of services; and if the services available in the hospital will be on par with those available for children with the condition in Temple Street...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (1 May 2018)

James Lawless: 318. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to a person (details supplied) for home help hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19085/18]

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2018)

James Lawless: I support the amendment. I am familiar with the chiropractors' situation, in particular, and have visited some of the chiropractors' surgeries and have seen the equipment and the investment they have made in that equipment and in training and upskilling themselves to use those machines. It is a significant outlay for their practices. I suppose there is a dichotomy in that there is a...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2018)

James Lawless: May I speak to the amendment?

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2018)

James Lawless: I thank the Minister.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2018)

James Lawless: I thank the Minister for his guidance. A concern has been raised by the Irish Association of Physicists in Medicine, which has great knowledge of these practices, in regard to registration being a permanent and once-off process without any subsequent checks, renewals or inspections. Once a practitioner is registered, that is it. In any circumstance, if a test must be met and a person does...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2018)

James Lawless: The Minister has been very helpful. I might introduce an amendment on Report Stage. I just want to flag that at this point. I will engage further with the Minister.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services Provision (25 Apr 2018)

James Lawless: 38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the upgrade of the national mobile telephone coverage plan; the steps he has taken to improve it in accordance with the measures and timetables set out in the programme for partnership Government; the way in which these actions have improved or impacted on the quality of telecommunications services for...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (25 Apr 2018)

James Lawless: 46. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national broadband plan; the date on which the contract will be awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17966/18]